Monday links: Wondering why our tough guy has hands made of glass edition
I'm at my parents house and it's raining. The satellite internet is crawling along at dial-up speed. Oh and lights around the 'hood are off. Let's link some stuff while I'm still online.
Blues news
- D.J. King broke his hand. What purpose does this guy serve? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
- This blog is about T.J. Oshie, but it's even more interesting now the Kinger is on the IR -- who are the Blues gonna call? [Stltoday]
Hockey news
- Sunday's action. [Yahoo Sports!]
- Here's what's going down tonight. [Yahoo! Sports]
- David Booth is out of the hospital after getting rocked by Mike Richards, who won't be suspended. [ESPN]
- The first U.S.-born official in the NHL, Bill Chadwick, died at age 94. He has a pretty sweet nickname. [ESPN]
- Pierre LeBrun explains why Alex Ovechkin avoided a suspension and brings up the possibility of Chris Pronger and Brendan Shanhan being teammates. Mind blown. [ESPN]
Other links
The odds of me linking to something about Ghostbusters are are very high. [Film Drunk]
Video
Send me some music. This is what's playing in my car right now, so this is what you guys get today. Enjoy MURS.
Sorry the links suck today. Stupid slow internet. Have a good Monday. gametimelinks(at)gmail.com
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Ovie didn't get suspended...
… because he slew-footed Rich Peverley. Let’s compare and contrast the two players, huh?
And no, I’m not being bitchy about the fact that Ovie didn’t get suspended, but he did it the last minute and a half of the game, because he was frustrated – he wasn’t on the scoresheet all night, and he has a nasty habit of skating around and hunting down our players when he’s pissy – one game last season he left his feet during about 4 hits, and not a word was said.
Try to defend it all you want, but there’s no standard for discipline. Rob Scuderi pulled the same thing on Chimera last night that Ott did to BJ, and I don’t think anything’s going to happen to him – hell, Chimera got a 10 minute instigator penalty for going after him just like Crombeen did. The difference there was the fact that Chimera hit his head on the ice, was out for a few seconds, and cut his face open. Discipline in the league is a total joke.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
by hildymac on Oct 26, 2009 6:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so
are you just going to copy and paste this for tuesday’s with hildy? solid rant and i couldn’t agree with you more.
by averagejoe on Oct 26, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Considering the fact that I can't type very well...
… those of you who are my Facebook buds know why (everyone else, high heels and gravel do NOT GO TOGETHER), that thought is there. I really was planning on bitching about Ott, and Ovie, and the fact that Scuderi just got a fine for what he did, and how Richards is getting reamed on a clean play that was accidentally worse than it should have… so on and so forth.
I’m still confused how Kozlov got away with the crosscheck of Gionta into the boards. It was accidental (bad timing) but it still was a bad hit. No suspension or fine… I guess they took his past into consideration on it or something.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
by hildymac on Oct 26, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chimera is lucky he didn’t serious mess up his neck..the video is scary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIav-Su5-bs
by oic on Oct 26, 2009 9:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Things will pick up
I look at it this way, we still are 4-4-1, could be a LOT worse and this team will rebound.
On a happier note (and more of the reason I’m posting), just got back from the Doc’s, the sonogram is showing a boy for us! Future Blue in 2029 perhaps?
Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!
by UIWWildthing on Oct 26, 2009 9:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Congrats on that boy
As the owner of 2 of them I can tell you they will keep you young or kill you young.
And remember, it doesn’t get any better.
by luvhockey on Oct 26, 2009 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Found a brightside
So I know the game on Saturday SUCKED.
but . . .
In the third period, we had 33 PIM’s thrown at us, dirty hits, injured players and we still out shot Dallas 13-10. If we had any focus by that point, and Turco’s confidence had not been threw the roof. The score could look a lot different.
Focus comes easier once you’ve been caught out once (and when a teammate is no longer unexpectedly in the hospital) and with focus comes goals, and with goals comes the tearing down of a goalies confidence.
by breibird on Oct 26, 2009 11:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Folks are saying
Konger has a boxer’s fracture in the right bomb. Those don’t ever heal good enough to keep punching other’s in the melon or helmet. We got problems in the HW fighter dept. CAM is a great middle HW but we sure need a good HW for the battlehjip brawls.
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
by spectr17 on Oct 26, 2009 8:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But Cam has the heart of a heavyweight.
Surprisingly enough, having the gumption to go with someone 2 feet taller than you can sometimes motivate the team more than having some heavyweight fight that everyone knows is just for show… especially when the middleweight wins.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
by hildymac on Oct 26, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree CAM has the heart of a lion butt.....
He can’t deal with the Boogeyman’s, Huggy Bears, etc. HWs now in the NHL are going 6’3"+ and 230 lbs +. We need a big bomber to match up with other big bombers. I’m trying to recall any true HWs CAM has fought?
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
by spectr17 on Oct 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
how many teams have a true heavyweight?
face it, the days of a fighter are going bye-bye. you need to roll out three lines that can score and a shutdown line. the days of a goon playing 4 minutes just don’t make sense any more. king is a dinosaur.
by averagejoe on Oct 26, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Cam has proven to be a good student.
He was a wreck when he got here, but now he (for the most part) fights when it’s right and declines when it’d hurt his team. He also is showing some actual hockey skills with his skating and hitting and going to the net.
I was not a fan of the trade that brought him here, but Cam Smash has earned an every-game spot on the 4th line, in my mind.
The Deej is by every account a great guy, but he is a dinosaur in this league. He needs to bank some NHL paychecks and start looking for a day job.
by gallagher on Oct 27, 2009 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm
maybe we should trade cam for a 4th…
A strong anvil fears no hammer
by Childhood Trauma on Oct 27, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me count the big goons
Boogeyman, Huggy Bear, The Stauche, Big Country,
To wit,
Current HF Top 10 (10/08/09)
Total Voters: 487
Votes Counted: Most Recent 60
Rank: Name (1st place votes)…….Total Points
1. Wade Belak, NSH (30)………………….511
2. Donald Brashear, WAS (12)……………483
3. Georges Laraque, MTL (14)……………465
4. Eric Godard, PIT (4)……………………440
5. Colton Orr, NYR ………………………..416
6. Derek Boogaard, MIN ………………….293
7. Jody Shelley, SJ ……………………….146
8. George Parros, ANA ……………………138
9. Raitis Ivanans, LA………………………124
10. Cam Janssen, STL………………………49
If we need a skill player on the 4rth line we can do a lot better than CAM. Even though he has shown some limited skill he’s still there as a fighter and energy player.
Just let me know what we’re going to do when we play a team who dresses a HW and they start to intimidate our skill players.
And in case you missed it, this is 245 lbs vs. 265 lbs Saturday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIpOXxZV8k
We’ve just about lost hip checks from the game, that doesn’t mean we have to lose one of the best parts of hockey, the HWs squaring off. Save on spot on the roster for us old farts.
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
by spectr17 on Oct 27, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed it..
That was awesome… tnx
Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.
by DanGNR on Oct 27, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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